Oriflame

Oriflame Holding AG is a Swedish-founded multinational multi-level marketing company with its corporate head office in Switzerland, that sells beauty and personal care products directly to consumers online through a network of independent sellers.[1]

History

Oriflame was founded on January 1, 1967, in Sweden by brothers Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick, and their friend Bengt Hellsten.[2] The head office of Oriflame is located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, with a registered office in Stockholm, Sweden.

IK Partners (Formerly Industri Kapital) acquired Oriflame through a public offering on the London Stock Exchange in October 1999. IK gradually reduced its stake, before final exit in March 2006.[3] Oriflame was traded on the Nasdaq Stockholm until being delisted on 17 July 2019.[4]

In 2023, Anna Malmhake succeeded Magnus Brännström as CEO & President after Brännström's 18-year tenure.[5]

In August 2022, Oriflames Marcus Fogel (Senior Director of Global Digital Services) worked alongside PayU CEO, Mario Shiliashki to work out a 21-day payment plan for buyers of Oriflames online products.[6]

In 2023, Oriflame signed a collaboration contract with Arnest Management LLC (Arnest) a perfume, cosmetic, and household products manufacturer from Russia.[7] Part of the contract was that Arnest would be acquiring Cetes Cosmetics Russia.[7]

Operations

The company has approximately 6,000 employees, 1,000 products, and a turnover of over 1.3 billion Euro.[8] As of August 2020, Oriflame operated in more than 60 countries, where its beauty products were marketed by over 3 million Oriflame Brand Partners.[9]

Oriflame has two Indian manufacturing plants in Noida and Roorkee.[10][11] It also manufactures products in Russia, Poland, and China.[12]

References

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  2. Oriflame India @ 25 A Beautiful Journey outlookindia.com, 2020-12-10^
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  6. PYMNTS. Seamless Payments: A Thing of Beauty www.pymnts.com, 2022-08-29, retrieved 2023-05-11^
  7. Oriflame Sells Russian Manufacturing Unit - Direct Selling News www.directsellingnews.com, 2023-04-28, retrieved 2023-05-11^
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  10. India among top priority markets; to grow in double digits: Oriflame The Economic Times, retrieved 2023-01-09^
  11. Oriflame India acquires manufacturing facility in Uttarakhand The Economic Times, retrieved 2023-01-09^
  12. Louise Prance-Miles. Oriflame impacted by Russia's Ukraine invasion as Poland gas supply interrupted Global Cosmetics News, 2022-04-29, retrieved 2023-01-09^